Meshell Ndegeocello: No More Water / The Gospel of James Baldwin

Saturday, October 5, 2024 8:00 PM to 10:00 PM EDT
The Music Center at Strathmore, 5301 Tuckerman Lane North Bethesda, MD

In this special evening, critically acclaimed Grammy-winning instrumentalist, singer, and songwriter Meshell Ndegeocello, along with her band and guests, shares her resonant, ever-evolving exploration of American novelist, playwright, essayist, poet, and activist, James Baldwin. Inspired by the way Baldwin empowered others through the written word, Ndegeocello uses music as her vehicle to engage others in the challenge and promise of Baldwin’s powerful body of work.

Throughout her career, Ndegeocello has eschewed genre for originality, celebrity for longevity, and musical trends for musical truths. Fans have come to expect the unexpected from Ndegeocello, and faithfully followed her on sojourns into soul, spoken word, R&B, jazz, hip-hop, and rock, all bound by a lyrical, spiritual search for love, justice, respect, resolution, and happiness. 

Introductions by Leeya Mehta, Director of the Cheuse Center. 

Strathmore and the Baldwin100 are collaborating on a series of events in Maryland & Washington - you can find these events listed under the Cheuse Center events.

They include:

1. Keith Clark speaking with the director of The Price of the Ticket documentary after a screening at AFI Silver Spring on 8/2/2024

2. Ethelbert Miller on 9/26/2024 at the Eaton House.